In officialdom, there are serious incidents or abnormal personnel transfers, which are called earthquakes, and one "earthquake" is enough to float people's hearts, and if there are two "earthquakes", it is simply a matter of human life.

Tian Yang, the governor of Sichuan, felt that the two recent earthquakes were about to kill him.

Tian Yang is a native of Sinan, the third place in the Guizhou Township Test in the 40th year of Wanli (1612), the 42nd year of Wanli (1614 AD) Dengjinshi, first served as the commander of Wenshang County, Shandong, the head of the Wenxuan Qing Officials Division of the Ministry of Officials, and the director of the Wenchu Department of Zhejiang, transferred to the Guangdong Senate, plus the Taifu Siqing, and the governor of Sichuan, which was originally a good thing, Sichuan has always had the reputation of the country of abundance, which was a beautiful difference, but there were vicious cases one after another, which made him not sleep well for three days and three nights.

One is the Liubianyi bloody case, the other is the tax silver robbery incident, both of which have traces of the White Lotus Sect, especially the Liubianyi bloody case ended less than a month, when the search efforts were just a little lax, the tax silver was robbed again, this is simply the most naked provocation, not only Sichuan Governor Tian Yang jumped like thunder, but also Sichuan Commander Tongzhi Han Wendeng also personally rushed to Zitong County to investigate and cooperate, with Zitong as the center, and notified the guards to fully cooperate with the arrest of the culprit.

Three days after the robbery, in the side hall of the Zitong County Ya, Tian Yang, the governor of Sichuan, Han Wendeng, the commander of Sichuan, and Wu Kui, the commander of Zitong County, were sitting in the secret room and discussing:

"Wu County Order, how is this matter going?" Tian Yang asked with a calm face.

Wu Kui said with some trepidation: "If you go back to your lordship, the remnants of the White Lotus Sect are well-planned and act quickly, and the servants of Jiangyou only reported it after a night, and the villain has already ordered all the people to investigate everywhere, but those people and the silver are like steaming in the world, and there is no clue." ”

Tian Yang snorted coldly, and asked with a sinking face: "Those Jiangyou's servants, didn't they ask anything?" ”

"Asked, someone in the same group colluded with the White Lotus Sect and set up an ambush in the middle, they also tried to resist and killed a few people, but the strength was insufficient, the strength of the people who called themselves the Eighteen Tiger Guards was too strong, although the number was small, but all the masters were killed, eleven people died in the battle, and the rest were all wounded, I don't know why, those remnants of the White Lotus Sect did not rush to kill them all, let them go, and then picked up a small life."

Han Wendeng, the commander of the same commander, said on the side: "It is said that before they were released, there were still people who preached the White Lotus doctrine to them, it may be that they released a certain kind of information, or they intended to spread it among the soldiers, so as to prove that they are not as murderous as the legend, Han Mou checked one of the wounded, according to him, the black collar just broke his ribs with a single punch, and the wound was shocking, so as to judge that his martial arts are very skillful, and it may be a master of the inner family, with such a person, it is reasonable that those officials failed miserably." ”

Tian Yang nodded, arched his hand to Han Wenju and said: "These remnants are strong in martial arts, they come without a trace, they go without a trace, they are not something that ordinary officials can deal with, and I also ask Han Tongzhi to bother more and arrest these remnants as soon as possible." ”

"Naturally, this is also the duty of someone Han" After Han Wendeng finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Lord Tian, has this matter been reported to the imperial court?" ”

"Before I found out, Tian thought that it could not be reported for the time being, and besides, it was still within a controllable range, so that those guys in the court said that it would not be beautiful for us to catch the wind and shadows, and I also asked Han Tongzhi to understand and cooperate." Tian Yang pondered for a moment and said quickly.

Han Wendeng and Wu Kui glanced at each other, with a relieved look in their eyes, the two secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Tian Yang said that the subtext of checking out and then uploading is: Cover this matter and digest it internally, so as not to annoy the emperor, when Long Yan is angry, the black gauze hat flew is still a small matter, if you are not careful, your head has to be moved, even if you can remedy it afterwards, it will also leave a bad record, so that your career will be blocked, it is better to come to report good news and not bad news, hide it from the superiors and deceive.

For example, in the first year of Chongzhen, Wang Er, a peasant in Baishui County, northern Shaanxi, led hundreds of peasants to kill Zhang Douyao, the county governor, which opened the prelude to the peasant war at the end of the Ming Dynasty. After the governor of northern Shaanxi got the report, he turned a deaf ear for fear of being blamed by the imperial court, and it was this indulgence that allowed the uprising team to expand rapidly.

Anyway, this time the tax, many people resist taxes, as long as the tax money is collected and handed over to the treasury, even if something happens, one eye is open, one eye is closed, in the case of the situation can be controlled, it is better not to report, anyway, it is reported, the court will not give any help at this time, or to deal with it by itself, and the kind that has to be dealt with within a time limit, there is no need to find uncomfortable.

This move is exactly what Han Wendeng wants, the accident of the remnants of the White Lotus Sect is not only an ordinary crime, it is a threat to the safety of a place, and as the commander of the capital, he can't get out of it, and when he heard this, he immediately responded: "Lord Tian sees that Han should cooperate, but the robbed tax and silver also need to be dealt with in a timely manner, so as not to expose flaws, more than 20,000 taels, which is not a small amount." ”

Things can be covered, but this tax is handed over to the household, if you want to cover it, you have to solve this problem, otherwise the above will be traced down, and you will not be able to cover it if you want to, so this matter cannot be avoided.

Tian Yang's eyes sharpened, staring at Wu Kui, the county magistrate of Zitong who had been cowering, and said: "Wu County Order, you are negligent in your duties, let the White Lotus Sect make trouble in Zitong three times and five times, this tax money, you are limited to three days to raise, there must be no mistakes." ”

"Adults, it's not that the lower officials are crying poor, Zitong County spent a lot of money to get together the tax money, such a large sum of silver, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that the lower officials are also powerless." Wu Kui said with a sad face.

"That's your business, the official hasn't slept well for a few days because of your, if you can't do it, then you are waiting to be impeached, it's a trivial matter if you don't want to protect it, be careful of your head moving." Tian Yang said angrily.

The tax silver was robbed in Zitong, if Jiangyou is allowed to make up for it, they will not be convinced, they will definitely have to appeal, that will destroy their plan, and it will be too late from the perspective of time, not to mention that it will take two days to pass the information back to Jiangyou and the fast horse, and it will take two days to raise money and escort, and so on to raise all the money, it is estimated that the deadline has already passed, and the above are all blamed, Jiangyou County can not pay the tax and silver on time, and he will also fall into a poor evaluation of the governor, it is better to solve it here.

"This, this"

Han Wendeng, who was on the side, rolled his eyes twice, and comforted Wu Kui with a smile: "Wu County Order, the White Lotus Sect is so rampant, and after succeeding, it will quickly run away, there must be someone in Zitong County to help them, and these people, the strength will definitely not be low, you can start in this regard, as for those tax silver, this official believes that more than 20,000 taels of official silver with a mark, they can't make a move in a short time, and they can't run far in the middle of the night, and there are ten ** still in Zitong, as long as we recover it, we will immediately help you make up for this hole, It's just a stopgap measure. ”

This is said very explicitly, Wu Kui can't hear the meaning of this commander, it is clear that he is asking him to use the question to wave, and use the reason of collusion with the White Lotus Sect to take the rich households in the county to open the knife, first collect the tax silver, as for the later recovery of the silver to fill the hole, Wu Kui does not believe half a cent, these guys, if the silver falls into their hands, it is a meat bun beating dog, there is no return, ten percent can be returned to three percent, then you have to burn high incense, but no matter how you say it, it is better to lose a way, it is better to sacrifice others than to suffer yourself.

Maybe you can make a sum of money by the way, break the county order, it's really right, just break the "home" of the rich people who don't cooperate with this tax collection, with the acquiescence of Shangguan, not only to raise that tax silver, maybe you can also make a profit, anyway, the three-year term has passed most of the time, make a profit, pat your ass and leave, then use this money to carry out activities, maybe you will be promoted, Wu Kui secretly thought in his heart.

"What, still not satisfied?" Tian Yang couldn't help but look pale when he saw where Wu Kui's whole person was, and asked a little unhappily.

A small county order, and you still have to beg him to fail?

Wu Kui came to his senses at this time, and hurriedly saluted Tian Yang and said, "Yes, please rest assured, the lower officials will definitely live up to their mission." ”

"That's good" Tian Yang didn't bother to rub it any longer now, and began to look pale and said: "Two, now let's discuss, how to scrape out the remnants of the White Lotus Sect that hurt people, now we are being beaten everywhere, and we can't prevent it, this is very unfavorable to us, we must take precautions, Han Tongzhi, I don't know what you think?" ”

Zitong was in a mess, at this time, 6 Haoshan was accompanied by Yuan San, in a hidden cave on the outskirts of Jiangyou City, using a chisel to pry open a box, as soon as the box was pried open, the silver ingots arranged neatly in the firelight scattered a tempting silver light, casually picked up an ingot and turned it over to see, the following is impressively marked by the Jiangyou household, if Cao Hu and others are here, they must be surprised: Isn't this the batch of official silver that they lost?

Open the boxes of silver one by one, and soon, the whole cave is dazzling silver, looking at the lovely silver ingot, 6 Haoshan smiled.

Yuan San, who was on the side of "Brother Shan", said with some surprise: "At the beginning, I thought you were very bold, but I didn't expect you to be so bold, I really can't admire it." ”

Since 6 Haoshan wanted to create the Liubianyi bloody case by himself, Yuan San knew that he was going to do a big thing, but he never dreamed that 6 Haoshan would ask them to rob the official silver, when 6 Haoshan gave this order to himself, Yuan San didn't react at that time.

6 Haoshan said with a smile: "With such a skilled helper as the third brother, the courage is naturally not small, or the third brother is powerful, and quietly transported this batch of silver back, and the younger brother received the news that the governor and the commander of the Tongzhi Han Wenju turned over Zitong and did not find it, they never dreamed that the silver they were looking for flew here to sleep like wings." ”

Yuan San shook his head and said: "These are nothing, they are just running errands, but they are mountain brothers, even if they are not missing, they really make your third brother look at you with admiration." ”

"Where, where is it, the third brother is killing the younger brother." 6 Haoshan shook his head and said.

"It's really not a killing" Yuan San said seriously: "This time the imperial court forcibly levied taxes, and the people complained, it was the time of turmoil, Brother Shan, you let us wash the willow side post in blood, mess up this trip, first foreshadowed the mob turmoil, paving the way for the later action, at that time, in order to divert the attention of the government, I made a trick and let the White Lotus Sect carry this black cauldron, if you don't blame the White Lotus Sect at that time, Brother Shan, you will also pass on this action to the so-called mob." ”

6 Haoshan didn't deny it, nodded and said, "The third brother is really shrewd, he can't hide anything from you." ”

Yuan San shook his head and said with admiration: "Far worse than you, to be honest, those servants are also rabble, not enough trouble, even if we don't make a move, as long as the manpower is sufficient, it is not difficult to win, but it is the mountain brother The route you formulated is perfect, not only perfectly avoiding all the patrols, but also smooth in terms of cohesion, alternating mountain roads and waterways, especially sinking the silver into the river, using its buoyancy to tie it to the bottom of the boat to tow, who would have thought that a small fishing boat, the draft is not deep, actually dragged more than 20,000 taels of silver, Along the Fujiang River, the gods returned to Jiangyou without knowing it, wonderful, really wonderful. ”

Although he didn't know the plan until the last moment, what made Yuan San happy was that 6 Haoshan had to make a detailed retreat route, and the required vehicles and ships were also arranged, and even the horsepower of the horse was calculated, and supplies were arranged halfway.

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